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How to Buy: Projectiles and Launchers
At the high end of less-lethal force options are weapons whose primary function is to deliver kinetic energy. There are a lot of options, so reading up on what will fit your needs is absolutely essential. ...
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How to Buy: Less Lethal
Less lethal weapons have changed the way we respond to threats. Some have embraced this change but others continue to be skeptical. As time goes on, hopefully the bias against less-lethal weaponry goes ...
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Mo. mom accused of using child to block TASER 3
Associated PressHANNIBAL, Mo. — Police said a northeast Missouri mother used her 1-year-old child to shield a man from a Taser during a confrontation with officers. The woman, 20, was charged with ...
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Utah woman uses TASER on trooper1
Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Police have arrested a woman they said used a Utah Highway Patrol trooper's Taser on him. Lisa Parker, 41, was booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation ...
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ER doctor survey on police excessive force: "Ouch!"33
It is in your interest — indeed it is your professional duty and it is the law — to use force in a reasonable manner. Force must occasionally be used to control resistance and violence, and the results are not always pretty. Most emergency room doctors should understand that, but a survey published in the Emergency Medicine Journal said that nearly 98 percent of ER physicians believe some patients were victims of suspected excessive force by police… ...
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Texas police chief fired for using TASER on wife9
Associated PressOAKWOOD, Texas — The chief of a small Central Texas town's police department has been fired and jailed for allegedly using a Taser gun on his wife.Former Oakwood police chief Oly ...
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Police use TASER to prevent man's suicide3
By Ashley Broughton CNN.comRelated Articles: TASER unveils ambitious digital video evidence management system Medical study: Serious injuries from TASER are 'extremely rare' "Don’t tase me, ...
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Stimulus grants help Maine police fund TASERs
By David Hench Portland Press-HeraldRelated Articles: Economic stimulus includes $3.77B for state, local law enforcement N.H. police agencies get $9.8 mil surprise boost N.J. departments get $47 mil from ...
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Canadian officer defends stun gun incident
By Jeremy Hainsworth Associated PressRelated Articles: Canada officers "acted according to training" in fatal TASER case Canadian police restrict stun gun use Canadian TASER case hears testimony ...
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TASER use on autistic boy questioned10
By Jack Leonard and Richard Winton Los AngelesRelated Articles: Not just kid stuff: Handling juveniles on patrol The less lethal philosophy & barricades involving the mentally ill LOS ANGELES — ...
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Officer injuries down with increased TASER use  1
BOSTON — Police in Massachusetts cities and towns have sharply expanded their use of TASERs to control criminal suspects over the last three years, despite a call for suspension of the stun gun's use so experts can study its risks. The police in Massachusetts communities reported using TASERs in 229 incidents between September 2007 and September 2008, a fourfold increase from three years earlier, according to state figures. ...
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Drawing gun on Calif. school crowd 'justified' 13
By Sean Garmire Times-StandardEUREKA, Calif. — After reviewing initial reports about a Eureka police officer who drew his gun at a crowd of people at Eureka High School earlier this week, Eureka ...
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Canadian police restrict stun gun use 22
Associated PressRelated Articles: Police agencies not much moved by UCSF TASER study Canadian TASER case hears testimony University study investigates stun gun safety, in-custody deaths Medical study: ...
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Lawyer: BART officer meant to fire TASER7
Editor's note: In Dave Smith's article, BART shooting raises issue of TASER confusion, he says, "The TASER feels and draws like a handgun, but it is completely different. It should be placed completely ...
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Canadian TASER case hears testimony
By Jeremy Hainsworth Associated PressVANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Polish man who died after police used their Tasers on him at Vancouver International Airport was jet-lagged, fatigued and hungry ...
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